The REAL purses for Kovalev vs. Ward.

[Weltschmerz]

Unless they're sure he'll merc Ward

He's bound for bigger paydays if he wins too.

[bojangles1987]

I can't believe Kovalev isn't making a career-high for this. At least if he wins he'll make up for it and then some. Big reason I like Kovalev, he'll take less money than he probably should get in the short term since he'll get bigger paydays afterwards.

[MDPopescu]

that doesn't count the money that kovalev gets paid in russia like the foreign tv $$. lots of foreign fighters don't report their full purses in the US to pay less taxes

... right: I also suspect that the "Russian mobsters" would pay him in cah, back home...

[ΣNΣMY]

Picking and rooting for Ward but Kovalev deserves more than that.. respect to him for still taking the fight. Most of these divas these days wouldnt

[xhiddenx87]

Good for both men

[kafkod]

Kov is happy with 2m
gg should accept 10m to fight Canelo

You forget, that offer was made last August and it came with a date ... Sept 2017. So why should he have accepted it when he had over a year to negotiate?

Re Kovalev and Ward's purses ... Kovalev made more against Pascal because Pascal is a bigger name than Ward, in terms of fan interest.

$2million plus PPV cut is about right for this fight, I would think. Ward's $7million guarantee is coming from his own promoter. So Ward earning more won't make Kovalev's slice of the pie any smaller.

[Motorcity Cobra]

that doesn't count the money that kovalev gets paid in russia like the foreign tv $$. lots of foreign fighters don't report their full purses in the US to pay less taxes

Hiding money to avoid taxes is illegal.

[Froch_uppercut]

Damn Ward clearly the A-Side

Ward not the A side. Kovalev has three belts but that **** Ward won't fight unless everything is his way.

Can't wait to see him get destroyed Saturday. Then he can go back to Paul Smith for a rematch.

He took $800,000 of $830,000 available total purse versus Brand.

That's some kinda Christian heart you got there Andre, you cherry picking whiner.

[Froch_uppercut]

Damn Ward clearly the A-Side

You don't see the irony in that quote at all do you? Nor does he, the thick bastard.

He is dividing people with the Mexicans and ******s out schtick, d'uh.

Come together, ok yeah Rump.

[NEETzsche]

didn't kovalev get more than that for the pascal fights? at least the first one

he took a paycut to make the hopkins fight too. kovalev is everything a boxer should be. nothing against ward but i really hope krusher pulls it off tomorrow